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- Comment on The ‘doorman fallacy’: why careless adoption of AI backfires so easily 11 hours ago:
In a world of automated robo-bullshit it’s amazing how far a little human customer service goes. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m getting older and less patient, have more and bigger problems to deal with, if the robo-bullshit is worse, or all three, but god damn have I gotten frustrated having to deal with some automated nonsense this year.
- Comment on What should I do with 2 old machines (Mac Mini and HP Pavilion g7)? 1 day ago:
I’ve been itching for a reason to grab a Mac mini for a little project PC for a while. I’d throw Linux on it and have a little machine for homelab type stuff. NAS, Plex/Jellyfin, Pi Hole, self hosted Bitwarden, etc.
- Comment on What should I do with 2 old machines (Mac Mini and HP Pavilion g7)? 2 days ago:
Can you run Linux on the Mac mini? Pretty decent hardware there for a NAS / media server / machine for docker experiments.
- Comment on Winner takes all 4 days ago:
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
- Comment on YSK that you can/should budget yearly for long term purchases 4 days ago:
For that example, it should be in your home maintenance budget. That’s a major appliance.
- Comment on iPad babies grew up and are now finding psychs 1 week ago:
No, I find DMT to be quite sexual. I took a monster sized hit while peaking on MDMA and it was like getting sucked off at a spiritual level. Not just physical sensation but that someone or something was doing it to me, like a psychedelic “nut and she keep suckin” into fractal infinities of sensation. Felt so intense it was kinda scary, like being taken advantage of by an ancient being. I’ll probably try it again sometime.
- Comment on Someone has a LOT of dusty computers 1 week ago:
Don’t even bother with crackers, they suck. Just buy a 1L+ tank and some big balloons from Amazon.
Also, don’t do it every day, or even every other day. You will fuck up your vitamin B12 reserves and you’ll quickly discover what happens. Having a binge once a week is much better for you than a couple balloons every day.
I’d also point out ripping nitrous hits out of balloons is most definitely abuse. Ain’t nobody out there using a regulator and metering their nitrous intake like medical usage.
- Comment on LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems 1 week ago:
CEC has nothing to do with this; it’s an app that’s installed not a button on the remote.
The search button referenced can use copilot but it’s not necessary (ie you can use the default webOS search) nor is the button copilot branded.
- Comment on Straight up snorkin' it 1 week ago:
Can’t help but think of STALKER when someone says “snorkin’ it”
- Comment on Microsoft Edge Pushes an "All in One Browser" Message on Chrome’s Download Page 1 week ago:
Edge is already installed for the half dozen times a year I need to specifically use a chromium-based browser.
- Comment on Microsoft Edge Pushes an "All in One Browser" Message on Chrome’s Download Page 1 week ago:
I see no reason to use chrome over edge. I’m a Firefox guy these days, but if I have to use a chromium browser, I’m using edge.
- Comment on elixir of a god 2 weeks ago:
IMO - drop g fuel to second to last and put celcius in its former place
- Comment on who is searching this 2 weeks ago:
There’s 5-MeO-DMT in them there toads, as well.
- Comment on America Has Become a Digital Narco-State - Paul Krugman 2 weeks ago:
The scenario is not imaginary. His analogy sucks. The rest of the article isn’t anything remarkable either. Wow, the current digital media landscape is addictive, and addictive things are bad. What an incredible observation, never heard that one before.
- Comment on America Has Become a Digital Narco-State - Paul Krugman 2 weeks ago:
No, I’m not trolling. Why would I believe this person to know what they’re talking about in a subject I don’t understand well, when I know they’re wrong about a subject I do understand well?
- Comment on America Has Become a Digital Narco-State - Paul Krugman 2 weeks ago:
I’ve heard the name before but I’m not super tuned into this area. The analogy just really struck out for me in the first two paragraphs, monumentally so. If he writes with this amount of conviction about something he clearly has no idea about, I’m not likely to trust anything else that he writes in the same article. It’s important to know your limitations.
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- Comment on America Has Become a Digital Narco-State - Paul Krugman 2 weeks ago:
I read the first paragraph of this article and I already think it sucks. If heroin was fully legalized, zero restrictions, we’d be much better off than the current situation we have right now with the war on drugs, fentanyl analogs, and xylazine. Full stop.
- Comment on Fairy creatures irl 3 weeks ago:
No one:
Me: Once again the “no one:” format demonstrating how pointless it is, as cropping that bit out leads to the same thing.
- Comment on After Apple originally announced the first version of Halo in 1999, Xbox apparently called Bungie and said "'Steve Jobs can't have that. We're going to buy you.'" 4 weeks ago:
Good points.
- Comment on After Apple originally announced the first version of Halo in 1999, Xbox apparently called Bungie and said "'Steve Jobs can't have that. We're going to buy you.'" 4 weeks ago:
How is this a nightmare vision? Proprietary bullshit, which is what consoles are, is what Apple does better than the others.
- Comment on In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780,000 Windows users skip Win 11 for Linux, says Zorin OS developers — distro hits unprecedented 1 million downloads in five weeks 5 weeks ago:
I mean if you hit a deer with your car, why let all that venison go?
- Comment on YSK: Anki (especially in FSRS mode) is an incredible learning tool if applied correctly 5 weeks ago:
Specifically for amateur radio, HamStudy.org is amazing.
- Comment on What would you want to see this site do differently from Reddit? 5 weeks ago:
Ast*risks
- Comment on It's all relative 5 weeks ago:
10mg is a clinical dose. Methamphetamine is a prescription drug.
Discontinuing cold turkey from 10mg daily would not result in significant withdrawal symptoms.
- Comment on It's all relative 5 weeks ago:
You can also fit 10 mg of oral methamphetamine into a healthy pharmaceutical balance.
- Comment on It's all relative 5 weeks ago:
Taking 10 mg of methamphetamine a day is smaller than an average clinical dosage of Adderall, with a similar risk profile.
- Comment on It's all relative 5 weeks ago:
I’m willing to bet you’d be healthier after 10 years of 10mg daily oral methamphetamine than 10 years of 1 slice daily cheesecake.
- Comment on Is it normal to see this static when you close your eyes? 5 weeks ago:
Ever try one of those float tanks? They’re really good for that.
- Comment on Valve's new hardware will NOT be loss leaders 1 month ago:
Yeah, that could very well be a PC. You could take the guts out, put it in a generic box, attach a monitor and peripherals, and have a Linux PC that drastically outperforms PCs of a couple decades ago, with similar functionality. Those were PCs then, why would the definition change?
Regarding the exploit definition, yeah, that’s the good one IMO. The other one is more akin to “life hacks” or “food hacks” and I think it’s silly. Using a butter knife as a screwdriver isn’t a “tool hack.” Putting Doom on a toothbrush isn’t hacking, provided no exploits were necessary. Putting Linux on a MacBook isn’t hacking just because it lacks documentation and the Asahi devs have to figure some things out before it works.
I would be curious to hear your definition of hacking, though. To me it seems if you’re calling Linux on Mac hacking, then there’s a million other things that are hacking and the word loses its meaning.
If Apple locks the bootloader then I’ll completely agree with you. And while I do agree it appears they’re heading in that direction and it sucks, a MacBook is far more “computer” than a console, even if poorly documented and thus difficult to develop for.
